Servants in Husbandry in Early Modern England

by Ann Kussmaul

Book Overview

Servants in husbandry were unmarried farm workers hired on annual contracts. The institution of service distinguished them in many ways from their chief competitors, day-labourers. Servants were employed on an annual basis; they formed part of their employers' households; they were generally young and unmarried. Service was extremely common - most rural youths in early modern England became servants to farmers, and they composed as much as half of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521071593
• ISBN13: 9780521071598
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"